Compare Two String Arrays Case Insensitive in JavaScript ES6

We are required to write a function, say isEqual() that takes in two strings as argument and checks if they both contains the same characters independent of their order and case.

For example −

const first = 'Aavsg';
const second = 'VSAAg';
isEqual(first, second); //true

Method: 1 Using arrays

In this method we convert the strings into arrays, make use of the Array.prototype.sort() method, convert them back into strings and check for equality.

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Example

const first = 'Aavsg';
const second = 'VSAAg';
const stringSort = function(){
   return this.split("").sort().join("");
}
String.prototype.sort = stringSort;
const isEqual = (first, second) => first.toLowerCase().sort() ===
second.toLowerCase().sort();
console.log(isEqual(first, second));

Method 2: Using a Map

In this method we iterate over both the strings at the same time, store the character frequencies in a map with values like this −

-1, if it appears in the first string,
+1, if it appears in the second string,

At last, if all the keys add up 0, we conclude that that the strings are same otherwise not.

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Example

const first = 'Aavsg';
const second = 'VSAAg';
const isEqual = (first, second) => {
   if(first.length !== second.length){
      return false;
   }
   first = first.toLowerCase();
   second = second.toLowerCase();
   const map = {};
   for(ind in first){
      if(map[first[ind]]){
         map[first[ind]]++;
      }else{
         map[first[ind]] = 1;
      }
      if(map[second[ind]]){
         map[second[ind]]--;
      }else{
         map[second[ind]] = -1;
      }
   };
   return Object.values(map).reduce((acc, val) => val === 0 && acc, true);
};
console.log(isEqual(first, second));

Output

The output in the console for both will be −

true